Improvement in children s carriages



R. e. ELDER. Child s Carrigm N0. 112,696. Patented March 14, 1871.

Inventor:

Witnesses:

UNITED STATES ROSOOE G. ELDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CARRIAG-ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,696, dated March14, 1871.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Roscoe G. ELDER, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Childrens Carriages; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a side view of thisinvention. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3is a front view oi'a modification of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements in childrens carriages ofthat class known as push-carriages or perambulators.

These improvements consist in the arrangement of level sills, fitted toa fiat portion of the bottom of the body, so as to save the labor ofhollowing out the upper surfaces of the sills. Said sills are straight,in contradistinction to the curved sill at present used inperambulators, so as to make room for springs running below the sills,and arranged transversely to or parallel with the axles, said springsforming the sole connection between the axles and the sills, and thesills are connected by cross-bars.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the box or body of my carriage,which is provided with a push-handle, B, and which may be ornamented byheads of swans or other objects. The bottom of the body A, instead ofbeing convex throughout, is made with a flat part, a, so that the samecan be firmly secured to the sills O, the upper surfaces of which areflat, and by these means the labor ordinarily required for hollowing outthe upper surfaces of the sills is saved, and the full strength of thesills is preserved.

Said sills are made of straight pieces of wood, thus saving the laborand expense required to bend the sills, and they are connected to eachother in front and rear by crossbars I), and they connect with the axlesD D by means of springs e c, which run below the sills, and are eitherplaced crosswise to the axles and in line with the sills, as seen inFigs. 1 and 2, or which may be placed in line with the axles, as shownin Fig. 3. a

When the springs are placed transversely to the axles, two independentsprings are used, one under each of the sills in front and rear,

the upper part of each spring being secured 1 .Fig. 3.

If desired, the sills C may be dispensed with, and the springs attacheddirectly to the body of the carriage or perambnlator, eithertransversely to or parallal with the axles.

- By these means a perambulator is obtained which is very strong anddurable, and which can be constructed comparatively cheap.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement, in a perambulator, of a body with flat or partiallyflat bottom, straight sills, springs below the sills, and cross-barsconnecting said sills in front and rear, all constructed and operatingin the manner substantially as herein set forth.

ROSOOE G. ELDER. Witnesses W. HAUFF, G. WAHLERS.

